Onconova Therapeutics Inc. Reports Recent Business Highlights And Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results

NEWTOWN, Pa., Nov. 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ONTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel products to treat cancer, today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015.

“Onconova continues to advance the development of rigosertib for the unmet needs of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS),” said Ramesh Kumar, Ph.D., President and CEO of Onconova. “Our pivotal Phase 3 INSPIRE trial is now open at multiple sites and we anticipate enrollment of the first patient shortly. This will mark an important step towards the approval of IV rigosertib as a treatment for higher-risk MDS (HR-MDS). We also look forward to presenting results from a Phase 2 trial of oral rigosertib in combination with azacitidine in MDS and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients at the 2015 ASH Annual Meeting this December.”

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